Fire ravages Suffern home under renovations

Chief: No alarms; damage could have been worse

11:23 PM,
Sep. 3, 2013

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A fire seriously damaged a home under renovations at Bon Aire Circle on Tuesday morning, repelling police officers who knocked down the front door to check for residents, authorities said.

No one was home at 55 Bon Aire Circle E. when the police and firefighters arrived, Police Chief Clarke Osborn said.

"The police officers broke down the door with a battering ram to try and see if anyone was inside," Osborn said from the scene. "There was so much fire and smoke they couldn't get more than 10 feet inside the building." ...